Bet365 donation puts Labour in Hot water

The Labour Party found it self in hot water by accepting a donation from online betting company Bet365.com.

According a national newspaper reports, Gordon Brown’s party accepted around £150,000 from Bet365.com despite the Government's recent decisions to repeal its decision on Manchesters super casino plans and announcing a review of online gambling advertising guidelines.

The newspaper claims that the donation featured in the Party’s quarterly figures published by the Electoral Commission and led to opposition charges of hypocrisy over stopping the spread of problem betting.

A senior Conservative Party source said, "It's a bit rich to have Gordon Brown taking the moral high ground over ‘super casinos’ while accepting this six-figure sum from an online betting company".

These same public figures confirmed that Brown's predecessor, left Labour £20 million in debt and the newspaper speculated that it would be difficult for the Prime Minister to fund a snap general election campaign in October without calling on other major individual donors.

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